Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-16
JUDGE BASKIN RETURNS
A Warm Welcome Extended TO Him
at His Home Last Evening by
Loyal Friends.
He Talks to a "DemOcrat" Reporter
About the Probable Effect OF
the New Law.
His Tribute to Governor West, Mr..
Bennett and MIR. Tucker-He
is Glad to be Home Again.

winter fighting for the cause of loya
Utah, arrived home last evening, anC
was greeted at his residence, on FRS
North street, by large number of friends
Among those who enjoyed the pleasure
of shaking the Judges hand were:
Governor West, Ex-Governor Murray
Marshal Dyer, Judge Zane, Prof. L. Z
Holden, ]. NJ. Zane, DR.. Fowler, James
Glendenning, w. G. Duval, Chas Read
N. Treweek, Judge Bennett, H. G.
Mcmillan, w. C. Hall, John c. Young,
| G. S. Erb, J. S. Scott, James Anderson,
Hugh Anderson, DIR. Hamilton, R. G..
Chambers, Richard Mcintosh, Bolivar
Roberts and G.. S. Varian.
After some time had been spent in
pleasant converse, an adjournment was
taken to the dining room, and little
later the party broke up, wishing the
Judge pleasant sojourn at home after
his hard winters labor.
MIR. BAsKIN TALKS.
This morning a DEMOCRAT reporter
found Mr.. Baskin enjoying a fragrant
Havana in the pleasant parlors at his
home, and after the usual preliminaries
the Judge consented to talk about the
new law.
"What part did Mr.. Edmunds take in
knocking the Tucker amendments out of
the bill?" was the first question put.
"The Senate onferees-Edmunds, In
gals and Pugh-stood as a unit against
the Tucker bill and with Collins from
tba HOuoa fboxy bod n rooior;f,, opJ G~od
the thing to suit themselves"
Don't you think that Edmunds infu-
enced the other members of the commit
tee into rejecting the Tucker substitute ?"
well, of course / can't tell what was
done in the committee, but | know that
the Senate conferees were all opposed to
the provisions of the substitute. The
material changes were made after Tucker
was called away. The clause making the
punishment for cohabitation the same as
that for polygamy, and also the one con-
ferring the appointive power upon the
Governor were both stricken out after
Tucker left.
MIR. TUCKER is PERFECTLY STRAIGHT;
He understands the situation and being
an honest man, he has worked faithfully
for the good of Utah. In all
my work in Washington, l met no
man who was so Jealous as Mr.. Tucker.
He saw that an early settlement of this
question would be great thing for the
Territory and he was anxious to have the
trouble ended at once"
Let me ask you," said the reporter.
do you think that Edmunds is really
friend of Utah."
eyes, l do. He has his own ideas
about the way this matter should be set
tied and he is working to carry out
his plans, but it is just as sure
as that you and | are sitting here
that he is sincere in his work.
You know and | know that
he has the wrong idea about it, but he is
a firm man, and he carries out his own
plans. He is always very positive and
and nothing can turn him
from his course"
THE NEW LAW.
"Do you think the new law will be of
any great benefit to us ?''
Eyes sir, think it is a very good law.
1t is not, of course, nearly so sweeping
as the Tucker measure, but it is big
advance upon the past. The restoration |
of the adultery and incest laws; the |
right to attack witnesses the registration |
Of marriages; the disincorporation of the |
Church; the abolition of the immigration |
fund; the restoration of the right of |
dover; the discrimination of po-
ygamous children; the appoint
ment of Gentiles as probate |
Judges and the repeal of the women's
suffrage act will be found to be great |
boon to loyal Utah.
Taking away suffrage from the women
will doubtless greatly increase our ma
ority, but will it give us any practical
sdvantagew
eyes; with the redistricting of the
Territory, [ think we will have repre-
in both houses of the Legisla-
,ure from Weber, Tooele, Beaver, Sum-
nit and Salt Lake county, and that Will
De great thing for us''
do you think that this question will
'ver be settled except by legislation tax
ng the political power directly and abso-
utely out of the hands of the Mormon
.hurch ?''
well, the new law will reduce the
Mormon majority greatly, and with few
lew railroads running in here and boom
Vi bAAO WV VIC MOuIO SOOu dtIdln |
he majority"
"Then you think that this law will set
lie the question in time?'
Not in this generation, unless there is
great influx of Gentle population"
Returning to the passage of the new
1easure, the Judge said that the Tucker
Ill had more friends in the House and
the Senate than had the Edmunds
i'll, and had it ever come to vote in |
ne upper House, it would have gone
lrough with bounce.
HIS TRIBUTE. i
During the conversation Mr.. Bas kin 6
aid that he could not say too much for t
Governor West and the gallant stand he t
'ok. AS for Mr.. Bennett, he did all '
lat any man could do under the cir c
and worked faithfully to the a
nd, and Tucker was "the noblest Ro- S
ian of them ALL L